Skills

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people. Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others. Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. Instructing - Teaching others how to do something. Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems. Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. Management of Financial Resources - Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. Management of Material Resources - Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.